Progressive Urban Management Associates (P.U.M.A.)

Progressive Urban Management Associates (P.U.M.A.) is proud to be a sponsor of West Coast Urban District Forum, produced by the California Downtown Association and International Downtown Association, and hosted by the The East Cut Community Benefit District and Downtown SF Partnership March 12-14. P.U.M.A. team member Amanda Kannard, AICP, LPM is facilitating a panel on financing tools for downtown revitalization and Chloe Shipp, MNA, LPM is moderating a panel on strategic planning in turbulent times, both on Friday, March 14. Check out the full conference schedule to learn more: https://lnkd.in/gPBQNDz6

Here’s another staff spotlight on our Progressive Urban Management Associates (P.U.M.A.) team – Mason Aeschbacher Mason is an emerging professional with master’s degrees in Urban and Regional Planning and Urban Design. His strengths include graphic storytelling, data analysis and visualization, and 3D modeling. As a Project Assistant at P.U.M.A., Mason supports the team’s planning efforts by designing graphics and documents, summarizing data, and researching best practices. ? Prior to joining P.U.M.A., Mason worked as a graduate teaching assistant for the Planning Workshop, Planning Project Studio, and Planning Technologies courses at the University of Colorado Denver. He also worked for four summers managing emergency home repair projects in Central Appalachia! ? Mason grew up in the suburbs of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. If he were to pinch hit for his home team, the Milwaukee Brewers, his walk-up song would be Pink Pony Club by Chappell Roan.

Progressive Urban Management Associates (P.U.M.A.) has been working in downtown Albuquerque with property owners, Metropolitan Redevelopment Agency and Albuquerque Regional Economic Alliance on formation of a business improvement district since November 2024. On a recent site visit, P.U.M.A. staff members Brad Segal and Chloe Shipp, MNA, LPM were able to walk the downtown with Block by Block Operations Manager Deiandra Cole (center) and learn more about the Duke City Ambassadors Program. Thank you Deiandra for your insight, and the behind-the-scenes tour of your deployment office!?

Here’s another staff spotlight on our Progressive Urban Management Associates (P.U.M.A.) team – Chloe Shipp, MNA, LPM. Chloe is an experienced place management professional with expertise in operations management, membership engagement, advocacy, and public relations. Prior to joining P.U.M.A., Chloe held various roles over 10 years with increasing responsibility at the San Jose Downtown Association, where her focus was on managing special assessment districts. She has served on the California Downtown Association board of directors since 2019, and is the current Board Chair. Joining P.U.M.A. in 2024, Chloe anchors our California practice and offers project management and support for a variety of downtown-focused assignments, including BID formation and renewal, organizational strategic planning, and BID operations. Chloe is a lifelong resident of San Jose, and an avid fan of all University of Oregon sports. If she could somehow pinch hit for her alma mater’s softball team, her walk-up song would be “Time Bomb” by Bay Area legends Rancid.??

Since early 2024, Progressive Urban Management Associates (P.U.M.A.) has been working on the City of Wheat Ridge’s economic development strategic plan, the Wheat Ridge Prosperity Plan, which was formally adopted by City Council on January 13th! We’re proud of this forward-looking, market-based plan that takes a balanced approach to development and identifies realistic priorities for decision-making, investments, and strategic partnerships to advance economic prosperity over the next decade. The plan offers tactical, financial, and organizational solutions to revitalize commercial corridors, preserve and enhance industrial uses, improve attainability and quality of life, and streamline the community’s business support ecosystem. P.U.M.A. was joined by ArLand Land Use Economics to undertake a comprehensive market analysis that evaluates a wide range of market dynamics. Hundreds of local stakeholders were engaged as part of this process.?

Here’s another staff spotlight on our Progressive Urban Management Associates (P.U.M.A.) team – Ethan Greene. Ethan is an emerging urban planning professional with experience working in the nonprofit and private sectors. His strengths include community engagement and collaboration, mapping/GIS, and research and data analysis. As a project assistant with P.U.M.A., Ethan supports the firm’s community and downtown planning efforts by conducting data analysis for market assessments, researching best practices, producing graphics, designing final plan documents, and aiding with in-person and virtual community engagement. ? Prior to joining P.U.M.A., Ethan worked as a research assistant for the University of Colorado Denver, coauthoring a report on how the City of Denver could improve its community engagement apparatus. In this role he also contributed to a regional housing affordability research project in collaboration with Denver metro organizations and governments including the Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG). ? Ethan was raised in Montana, and if he were to join the Missoula Paddleheads, his walk-up song would be “We Built this City” by Starship.?

Happy New Year from the Progressive Urban Management Associates (P.U.M.A.) team!

Beginning in early 2024, P.U.M.A. worked alongside the City and County of Denver staff to update the DDA’s Plan of Development and expand the existing Denver Downtown Development Authority (DDDA) to cover the entire core of downtown. The original DDA was formed to support the rehabilitation of Union Station, which was completed in 2014. After a successful campaign led by the Downtown Denver Partnership, over 81% of eligible voters approved the expansion, which will generate more than $500 million over the district’s term to support public and private investment in downtown.

Here’s another staff spotlight on our Progressive Urban Management Associates (P.U.M.A.) team – Andrea P. Buglione. Andrea is a multi-disciplinary planning and economic development practitioner with more than a decade of experience in a wide range of urban, suburban, and rural settings. As a senior associate with Progressive Urban Management Associates since 2016, Andrea supports the firm’s economic development and downtown planning efforts through project management, market analysis, stakeholder engagement, creative visioning, and plan design. Prior to joining P.U.M.A., she worked in the public sector as a municipal planning practitioner. Andrea is based in Denver, but is a fan of her hometown’s minor league baseball team, the Binghamton Rumble Ponies . Her baseball walk-up song would be “Paper Planes” by M.I.A.?

When the Lafayette (CO) Urban Renewal Authority’s (LURA) existing Old Town urban renewal area entered the final year of its term, P.U.M.A., along with our partners at STUDIO SEED, set out to identify the appropriate mechanism to champion Old Town improvements for the next 25+ years. Through stakeholder engagement that included input from nearly 600 community members, a DDA was selected as the preferred governance structure and financing tool for Old Town moving forward. Following a grassroots campaign led by Old Town Lafayette stakeholders, voters approved the formation of the DDA by a wide margin on Election Day.